"My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times."

-- Olivia Wilde

#Optimistic Quotes #Parent Quotes #Pessimistic Quotes

“My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.”
“After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela.”
“With this blistering salvo of poetic gutshots Lawson has proven himself Bizarroâ€™s true bard, its mad laureate. Switching from dark whimsy to retina-blast shock to political outrage without missing a beat, The Troublesome Amputee is a powerful collection of pitch-black verse.”
“To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two friends. In his almost universal unpopularity he points out, with pride, that these two are the dog and the horse. He believes, with an innocence peculiar to himself, that they are equally proud of this alleged confraternity. He says, 'Look at my two noble friends -- they are dumb, but they are loyal.' I have for years suspected that they are only tolerant.”
“I don't wish to not be a woman, but I'd certainly like to be a woman whose sense of purpose comes from within.”

Source : Rebecca L. Copeland, Chiyo Uno (1992). “The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo”, p.72, University of Hawaii Press
“As long as one accepts 'time' tacitly as such he is dreaming a drea, not living a life.”
“Girls' hearts flourish in homes where they are seen and invited to become ever more themselves. Parents who enjoy their daughters are giving them and the world a great gift. Mothers in particular have the opportunity to offer encouragement to their daughters by inviting them into their feminine world and by treasuring their daughters' unique beauty.”

Source : John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.99, Thomas Nelson Inc
“It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.”

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